Posted by Ilona van den Brink on 23 October 2009 at 17:36
By Ochieng’ Ogodo
An effective AIDS vaccine could be the ultimate bullet to shatter the scourge that has ravaged humanity, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. However such a discovery has been very elusive for the last twenty years. Dr Anatoli Kamali, epidemiologist and Head of the HIV Intervention Programme at the Medical Research Council of Uganda says there have been advances in research in HIV/AIDS over the past years though the magic bullet is yet to be reached. Read More
Posted by Ilona van den Brink on 23 October 2009 at 17:21
By Lara Pandya
The morning parallel session on malaria involved various presentations spanning the three main treatment research areas of uncomplicated malaria in children, pregnancy associated malaria (PAM), and severe malaria. Read More
Posted by Ilona van den Brink on 19 October 2009 at 11:21
By Ochieng’ Ogodo
One of the stickiest areas in research in Africa is the legal ownership of research results. For that reason, a satellite meeting on the subject was held to sensitise African researchers and to identify needs in order for funders to better align their funding strategies and policies. The meeting was jointly organised by NACCAP and EDCTP. Read More
Posted by Ilona van den Brink on 19 October 2009 at 11:13
By Ochieng’ Ogodo
Education and building a critical pool of skilled manpower is without a doubt an invaluable cog in the wheel that drives socio-economic development and ascertains the creation and sustenance of a healthy nation. During the opening ceremony on Monday, Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania, His Excellency Staffan Herrström addressed the impact of training and education on health improvements in developing countries. Read More
Posted by Ilona van den Brink on 18 October 2009 at 14:04
By Ochieng’ Ogodo
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) provides globally applicable standards for the conduct of medical research on pharmaceutical products on human subjects, reminds Raffaella Ravinetto, Head of the Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium. The implementation of GCP in non-commercial research carried out in resource-constrained settings was one of the prime issues for the satellite meeting Universal standards for clinical practice that took place on Monday 12 October. Read More
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